Towards Just and Sustainable Economies : : The Social and Solidarity Economy North and South / / ed. by Peter North, Molly Scott Cato.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Alves, Luiz Roberto,; Azzellini, Dario,; Becerra, Lucas,; Bernardes, Marco Aurelio,; Cato, Molly Scott,; Chatterton, Paul,; Ciancanelli, Penelope,; Coraggio, José Luis,; Cumbers, Andrew,; Dinerstein, Ana Cecilia,; Fasenfest, David,; Germani, Guiomar Inez,; Imbirussú, Erica,; Matarazzo-Neuberger, Waverli Maia,; Neto, Victor Gil,; North, Peter,; Primavera, Heloisa H.,; Raffaelli, Paola,; Singer, Paul I.,; Sitrin, Marina,; Thomas, Hernán,; da Costa, Reinaldo Pacheco,; de Oliveira, Gilca Garcia,
• HerausgeberIn: North, Peter,; Scott Cato, Molly,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 14 Black and White

With capitalism in crisis - rising inequality, unsustainable resource depletion and climate change all demanding a new economic model - the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) has been suggested as an alternative. What can contribute in terms of generating livelihoods that provide a dignified life, meeting of social needs and building of sustainable futures? What can activists in both the global North and South learn from each other? In this volume academics from a range of disciplines and from a number of European and Latin American countries come together to question what it means to have a 'sustainable society' and to ask what role these alternative economies can play in developing convivial, humane and resilient societies, raising some challenging questions for policy-makers and citizens alike.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: new economies North and South – sharing the transition to a just and sustainable future -- Theoretical perspectives on the social and solidarity economy -- Towards a new economics: concepts and experiences from Latin America -- Monsieur le Capital and Madame la Terre on the brink -- Co-construction or prefiguration? The problem of the ‘translation’ of social and solidarity economy practices into policy -- Transitioning towards low carbon solidarity economies? -- The social and solidarity economy as a site of social innovation -- Innovation, cooperatives and inclusive development: rethinking technological change and social inclusion -- Brazil’s social economic incubators -- The role of universities in the sustainable evolution of solidarity economies -- Fundos de Pasto: Community governance of common resources in north-east Brazil -- The social and solidarity economy and the state -- The Danish low carbon transition and the prospects for the democratic economy -- Solidarity economy policy dialogue in Latin America: transferring Argentine experience of social currency to Brazil -- Twenty-first century socialism? Venezuela’s solidarity, social, popular and communal economy -- Policy translation between North and South -- Being a Zapatista wherever you are: reflections on academic-activist practice from Latin America to the UK -- Living sín patrón: lessons from Argentina’s societies in movement -- The social and solidarity economy in Argentina and the UK: convergence from opposite directions -- Conclusion: lessons learned and tensions exposed -- Index